Admitted
1980, Florida, U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
University of Miami, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Duke University, A.B., 1977
Memberships
Dade County and American (Insurance Coverage Section; Co-chair Life, Health and Disability Committee, 2003—) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Biographical
Member of the Faculty, Going Bare: A Survival Course for Self-Insureds, presented to the American Bar Association Section of Tort and Insurance Practice, 1987, Orlando. Author: Of Fish and Fruit - Selected Issues of Interpretation Concerning Comprehensive General Liability Policies in the Context of Pollution Claims, published by the American Bar Association Section of Tort and Insurance Practice in the Going Bare course materials, and by Business Laws, Inc., The Lawyer's Brief, Volume 18, Issue No. 12, June 30, 1988; Bad Faith in the Absence of Coverage, presented to the ABA Insurance Coverage Section, Tucson, Arizona, March 1999; Unraveling the Gordian Knot: The insurance company's options when settling after reserving its rights, Daily Business Review, October 1999. Recipient: Pro Bono Award for Exceptional Participation presented in 1990 and 1997 by the Dade County Bar Association. Co-Chair, Insurance Law, Florida, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and Bad Faith Law, Florida, 2000, 2001, and 2002, sponsored by National Business Institute.